Book Awards

South Carolina Book Awards

2013 South Carolina Book Award Winners

Press Release – 2013 SC Book Award Winners

Purpose of Awards

The purposes of the South Carolina book awards are to encourage our students to read good quality contemporary literature and to honor the authors of the books annually chosen the favorites by student vote. The book award medals will be awarded to the winning authors the following year at the South Carolina Association of School Librarians annual conference.

Book Award Committee Information & Application

Book Award Guidelines and Criteria for Book Consideration

Book Award Banners

Book Award Items Order Form

Book Award Levels:

2013-14 SC Book Award Nominee (pdf)

Picture Book Award

Children’s Book Award

Junior Book Award

Young Adult Book Award

South Carolina Book Awards History

The South Carolina book award program began in 1976 with the participation of sixteen schools. At the present time, there are approximately three hundred schools and more than 30,000 students participating in this program.

The original book award program was a children’s division for students in grades 3-6. Additional levels were gradually added, and with the inclusion of the Picture Book category in 2003, all students in grades k-12 can now participate.

Since the inception of the South Carolina Book Award program, SCASL members have provided leadership and volunteered many hours of service to make the program a success. Some highlights of the Book Award program are:

1976 – Children’s division begun – Edna Bedenbaugh, Chair
1980 – Young Adult division added – Sue Harden, Chair
1980 – First Executive Board Representative elected – Alleene Holland
1980 – Banners Program added – Debbie Stone and Alleene Holland, Co-chairs
1993 – Junior division added – Jan Sarratt, Chair
2003 – Picture Book division added – Joyce Moore, Chair

Book Award Logos:

The Book Award Committee is making the book award logos available to all members of SCASL. South Carolina school libraries can use SCASL logos without permission.

Questions regarding the 2012-2013 Book Award Program? Use these contacts:

2012-2013 SCASL Book Award Board Member/Chair:  Diane Geddings

• SCYABA – Chair – Leigh Abee; Vice-Chair Pat Wilcox
• SCJBA – Chair – Celeste Stone; Vice-Chair Rebecca Yoder
• SCCBA – Chair- Keri Reaney; Vice-Chair Diane Spearman
• SCPBA – Chair Joy Benton; Vice-Chair  Betsy Russell

Updated: 5 February 2013

Notice: All media specialists should review all titles and add them to their collection only if the titles meet the criteria established by District Board Policy and Library Media Center Policy & Procedure guidelines. We recommend that others interested in purchasing these titles read reviews and scan materials to determine the appropriateness for their intended reader.